Quotes About Self-awareness

I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.

I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at.

My kindest interpretation of my younger self is, 'Boy, was I busy.' I had two kids, a husband, two stepkids. I mean, how many darn things can a person do at the end of the day?

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool.

If you want to call me a Karaoke King, I'll take it.

When I say I'm famous, I'm not kidding myself. I know my place in the celebrity kingdom - right at the bottom next to reality-show contestants, local politicians, and day-players on 'Law & Order.'

I don't want people kissing my butt. If I had a bad show and I know it, don't tell me I had a good show. I hate that. I guess because I'm 17, people think I don't see stuff like that.

I'm not who people expect me to be. I'm not Henry Kissinger.

I was called Kit from day one; really, I only found out my name was Christopher when I was 11.

I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.

He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.

I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.

When I got to the NBA, that first Knicks group was pretty dysfunctional. But it was on me, too. I didn't understand the game as much as I should have. I should have watched more film. Instead of thinking of the team, I was thinking about me. That Knicks team went 23-59.

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.

When I came out of school, being a 'tweener' and not having a natural position was my biggest knock.

When you knock people out, it's sometimes a very scary situation - but I always hoped that no one got seriously hurt. Now when I see them get knocked out, I laugh. When you finish the game, it's funny. And when I look at film of myself, I think, 'I wouldn't fight that guy.'

You only know what you know.

You have to know yourself so well and be able to put it on whatever display you want to put it on and be confident in that and be fine with it.

You know yourself; you gotta know your seasons. There be certain seasons, it's telepathy.

If you spend the first 30 years of your life only trying to look good, you're not going to know yourself very well. If you got it, flaunt it.

It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.

Everyone should know yourself. It can be an insult, but know yourself is just it. It's exactly what it sounds like.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

I feel accomplished knowing that I'm still the same at heart.